Property from an Important Midwestern Collection
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April 19, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from an Important Midwestern Collection
A Pair of George II Mahogany Back Stools by John Whitby with Needlework Covering, Circa 1756
height 38 ½ in.; width 24 in.; depth 26 in.
97.8 cm; 61 cm; 66 cm.
Commissioned by Marmaduke, 4th Baron Langdale (1771) for Holme Hall, Holme-on Spalding-Moor, from John Whitby, 1756
Thence by descent to:
Marmaduke, 5th and last Baron Langdale (d. 1777)
His daughter Mary (d. 1841) wife of the 17th Lord Stourton
Their fourth son, the Hon. Philip Stourton (1793-1860) heir to the Langdale properties including Holme Hall
His son Henry Stourton (1844-1896)
His daughter Amy, wife of Frederick Dundas Harford
Her daughter Joan, Lady Bannerman, by whom sold, Christie’s London, 25 June 1981, lot 50
Edmond and Lily Safra Collection, sold Sotheby's New York, 3 November 2005, lot 123
Oliver Brackett, An Encyclopaedia of English Furniture, 1927, p. 164
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